The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has expressed concern over the increase in STI infections in Gauteng due to risky sexual behaviour, while experts say the rise can be attributed to low condom usage and low use of sexual and reproductive health services among men.
Young people engaging in casual sex are increasingly using pills to protect them from contracting HIV, rather than condoms, which could also prevent sexually transmitted infections.
“Streets have never been safe, but we do it for the sake of surviving,” says a sex worker on the corner of Anderson and Goud streets in downtown Johannesburg
Young people engaging in casual sex are increasingly using pills to protect them from contracting HIV, rather than condoms, which could also prevent sexually transmitted infections.